If Bernie Wins Nomination, Will Rich Dems Support Trump?

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Think of it as a rewrite on the fable of Jesus driving demons into a herd of swine.

Elite Democrats, who would rather lose elections than pay higher taxes, toss Bernie under the MAGA bus if he magically manages to snare the 2020 nomination

This is how Chris Hedges sees the circus unfolding:

The New Rules of the Game

"But unlike in the biblical story of Jesus driving the demons into a herd of swine, they will be driven into the senator from Vermont.

"Trump will become the establishment’s reluctant least worse option.

"Sanders will become a leper.

"The Democratic and Republican party elites, joining forces as they did in the 1972 presidential election, will do to Sanders what they did to George McGovern, who lost in 49 of the 50 states."

It appears that Democrats will be confronting a contested (brokered?) convention in July.

If so, 2020 may resemble 1968 more than 1972 when Eugene McCarthy lost the nomination to a 'candidate" who did NOT compete in ANY primaries?

Some will support Trump, some will not vote. Probably very few would support Bernie, but it may also depend how rich they are, and there are many more poor people.

 

[georgephillip]

No, rich Democrats oppose Trump as much poor Democrats and will work to ensure Trump is defeated.

Lloyd may not know.
Maybe you should email him?

The New Rules of the Game

"'If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US.

"Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military,' former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (net worth $1.1 billion) tweeted. “'f I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around.'"

Democrats like Lloyd and Hillary (who he paid $675,000 for three speeches) have made it clear for decades they would rather lose elections than pay higher taxes.

Hard to find any humor or satire in that.

 

[georgephillip]

Think of it as a rewrite on the fable of Jesus driving demons into a herd of swine.

Elite Democrats, who would rather lose elections than pay higher taxes, toss Bernie under the MAGA bus if he magically manages to snare the 2020 nomination

This is how Chris Hedges sees the circus unfolding:

The New Rules of the Game

"But unlike in the biblical story of Jesus driving the demons into a herd of swine, they will be driven into the senator from Vermont.

"Trump will become the establishment’s reluctant least worse option.

"Sanders will become a leper.

"The Democratic and Republican party elites, joining forces as they did in the 1972 presidential election, will do to Sanders what they did to George McGovern, who lost in 49 of the 50 states."

It appears that Democrats will be confronting a contested (brokered?) convention in July.

If so, 2020 may resemble 1968 more than 1972 when Eugene McCarthy lost the nomination to a 'candidate" who did NOT compete in ANY primaries?

Some will support Trump, some will not vote. Probably very few would support Bernie, but it may also depend how rich they are, and there are many more poor people.

Some will support Trump, some will not vote. Probably very few would support Bernie, but it may also depend how rich they are, and there are many more poor people.

Bernie is threatening fundamental pillars of Democratic party politics that have been in place for the last 30 years:

The Clinton Machine Will Do Anything to Stop Bernie Sanders

"'[Bill and Hillary Clinton] set up a machine that was really a juggernaut with all this corporate money they brought in through the Democratic Leadership Committee,' says Blumenthal.

"'It was a very different structure than we’d seen with previous Democratic candidates who relied heavily on unions and the civil rights coalition.'

"'And that machine never went away,' the journalist goes on. 'It kept growing, kind of like this amoeba that began to engulf the party and politics itself. So that when Bill Clinton was out of power, the machine was passed to Hillary Clinton, and the machine followed her into the Senate. And the machine grew into the Clinton Global Initiative.'"

 

[BlueGin]

Don’t kid yourself. Union’s don’t want to lose the good healthcare coverage employers are forced to provide them. And they are not for open borders either.

Bernie's supported labor unions for the last fifty years more consistently than any other POTUS candidate of either major party.

Bernie’s labor support snowballs

"Sanders has already racked up 11 labor endorsements, more than any of his Democratic rivals, most of which are from local, regional and statewide unions.

"And some are among the most powerful labor organizations in early-voting and Super Tuesday states."

Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Becomes Albatross Ahead Of Nevada Caucuses In Face Of Union Opposition For Policy

 

[georgephillip]

Don’t kid yourself. Union’s don’t want to lose the good healthcare coverage employers are forced to provide them. And they are not for open borders either.

Bernie's supported labor unions for the last fifty years more consistently than any other POTUS candidate of either major party.

Bernie’s labor support snowballs

"Sanders has already racked up 11 labor endorsements, more than any of his Democratic rivals, most of which are from local, regional and statewide unions.

"And some are among the most powerful labor organizations in early-voting and Super Tuesday states."

Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Becomes Albatross Ahead Of Nevada Caucuses In Face Of Union Opposition For Policy

Bernie has promised to double union membership nationwide if elected.

Some of his critics in the Culinary Union might want to think about what happens to their insurance if they change jobs?

Medicare for All answers that problem and many more.

Bernie’s labor support snowballs

"The local endorsements are filling the political void left by national unions, still gun-shy after the acrimonious 2016 primary election left many rank-and-file members furious that their leaders supported Hillary Clinton over Sanders.

"Most are staying neutral for now, including some that have longstanding relationships with Joe Biden.

"Five unions have come out for Biden, including three international or national unions, and three have gone for Warren, one of which is a national group that also co-endorsed Sanders.

"None has endorsed Pete Buttigieg."